The Sun. — London, England, 1864-11-05 00:00:00

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Bd., at the Retail H ouses i n L on don ; by the Agents i n the principal towns in England ; or wholesale iit The examination of the Whitworth vent on its removal from the gun at the close of the day's firing on Thursday, reported in The Sun yesterday, proved the correctness of Mr Whitworth's hypothesis, the vent of the platinum end being found partially closed by evident contact with the uncovered iron bolt on the sponge head. Some burnt remains of the cartridge flannel also were found in the cham ber, the gun i❑ this latter particular meeting with a species of fouling common to all. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AOVEMBER 5, 1864. N°. 22,580. PRICE ..4d. STAMPED ....sd. 1 4 , GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. "Ii in %s ahan's LL erve the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vole., THE COST OF C.A.ERGWYN. ii By MARY iIOWITT. from Bedford to Leamington throughout, with the exception of a short pieco from Weedon to Daventry, for which powers have been already obtained. The line will commence at or about the Midland Station at Bedford, and will join the Great Western near the Leamington Station. beaten, alter a severe finish, by a head; Gin Sling a bad third. A Fifty Pound Steeplechase Plate (Handicap); winners CITY OFFICES COMPANY . (LimITED).— NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVKN, That the DIREC TOiiS of th e CITY OFFICES COMPANY (Limited) have t. hB day made a Ca 1 of per Share on the Shaes of e Company, payable at The .Urra and Masterman's r Bank flimited) , N!cholas-lane, on or before THURSDAY, the 24th of November next; and Interest, at lie rate of 10 per cent., Will. be charged on all Calls not then paid. By order of the Board, W, BENWELL, Secretary. 27th October, 1804. p, B.— No Transfer of Sh ares, upon w hi c h th e C a l l hss not een paid, will be re2,istered. GRES II A 111 LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 37, Old Jewry, E.C. P. ALLAN CURTIS, Actuary and Secntary. TUE , LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY. Established 1836. I°lnCes-1, Dale-street, Liverpool ; 20 and 21, Poultry, 7 , Cornhill, and 56, Charing-cross, London. (Empowered Specially y Parlient.) INVESTED FUNDS EXCEED b £3,000,0 a 00 m STERLING. n il Y an Act of the last Session of Parliament, the Globe 2,urance Company of London was amalgamated. as from the 20th SePtenTher, ISO 2, with the Liverpool and London Corn ',,' ,„ an d bY a clause in the Act the name of the latter Corn _A,Nb .7as s ubsequently changed to THE LIVERPOOL Th, — c, ° ,, rg ,., 1) 0N AND GLOBE INSURANCE CO M PAN Y. ...£390-en",.;rITAL of the Company is Two Millions, of which 11. eev ',,,' 1 , 8 Paid up and invested ; and in addition there are .are i, e i vt - to - '17 , (15, which, independently of the Life Reserve, ~,,,,, 200,000. -T5OO 0(V-, ''' SU RANCE.—The Premiums in 1863 exceeded _., jiewards of by il v, and Were greater than those of any other Company £200,000. The position in the Duty Return Te i be Understood from the following statement : The The gin, established in 1710, opllected duty in 1863, £215.000 Li en 1 1782, ~ „ 138,003 tondorverpool and 1 1836, 133,000 Whilst a t and Globe S l, t 1 Llv_lx.: other Company collected as much a 5....... 00,030 tvere 4',,,I N SU RANCE.--The Premiums receivel in 1803 Th e p u ` n u ' c i , o' 0 , and the Annuities paid am unt , •cl to .£3 ,50 . The Liab !tccumulated to meet these Liabilities is Z 1,450,000. lity of Proprietors is unlimited. SWINT ON BOULT, Secretary to the Company. J Sept e , x•••,.. 2 I IN ATKINS, Resident Secretary. ....._ tk. rr i l 11 IMPERIAL MERCANTILE CREDIT AS SOCIATION, Limited. Capital subscribed, X..5,000,C00. Paid up, £50 , ,C00. BOARD OP DIRECTORS. JOIIN CIIAPMAN, Esq., Chairman. a(ll,P.Plion Ball!, Esq ..;. d. oleman, KN.' „,r_r_ Alderman Bailin• G. G. 1 a l o i p e h l seorns,niE,siqt.,,s Esq. rnes Dickson Pt , . J. 0.. llaandaZ s s q4 .1 S W I r . S j e 1!e l 1 . e Telly, d, Es Bart. 11T . P. ' ,/S r • 1 1. ilarto4P, P . _• F. Tlolroyd e q Sir S. ). Scott, F l a . :4 i, m. p . 11. D. Seymour, , Can J. eilbeertohuston. J• G • l lorner ' Esq, "l ' J p o s G e p I l i o t Thornton, ao r ia cI E , Esq. Pt I. A m l . t z re a d ri. l fi V , i E ls s o g n : Esq. If enry J. Barker MANAGERS. , Esq., and T. Fraser Sandeman, Esq. ,be n MANKERS. , r , -ank of England. The Illnk of London. The ljni° n• Bank of London. Agra a niMasterm an's Bank, Limi!ed. ~,,_ . 8 , ir W. Miles, Bart., and Co., Bristol. t 0r 4 2 1 , Ass ociltion receives money on deposit at notice, and .„:"M Periods 1r c ,... e .. 5 . advances on approved securities. Ilest,'-.°Elatea Loans, and undertakes General Financial Busi- •osby Rouse 9G Rhopgate-str WIN TE eet With in.RßOTTo2l, Secretary. TUE SOLDIER'S LE l GACY.—Mr. GERMAN e ntitied tVD' S New O pera di Camera TO-NIGIIT,at Fight, lIE SOLDIER'S LEGACY, composed by G. A. taciarr I Which A e . n, Esti and written by Joh n O xen f or d. E sq ., in busy p liss R. Henderson, Mr. Whiiiin, Mr. P. A. Shaw, and pally ) ,29,,e (by the kind permission ot the New Opera Cam al t a t' 1 " appear. Coneludin?, with TOO MANY COOKS, n . ed by Jill's D'Este Finlayson, Zr. J. A. Shaw, and GALLERY of ILLUSTRATION, cZent-street sta ll chairs Unreserved seats, ls., 2s. ; 3s. ; ss. ; May be secured in advance without fee. if E 0 X F OR D, OXFORD STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). TM'S EVENING will be uroduced (eighth time in this --U ntrY), ORPHEE AUX ENFERS, by Offenbach. , 11 IASANIELLO, 'MARTHA, LA TROVATORE, and 4 FAVORITE, ,by the tollowing• Artistes, viz., Misses I tusselt, Fitz-Henry,Walmsley, Tyrrell, &c. With augmented Ilane, and Chorus, conducted by Mr. F. Jonghmans. lfr. JACKSON HANES, the Champion Skater, in his per -lormane., on the lirawilig l,oown Skates, of Quadrilles, Varsovictine4, &c. UMW° la II (or any other manl, EUGENE, IV. 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The Thul Ghat incline would be finished about the end of the present year, and opened for traffic early in the ensuing year. When they considered that the Thul Ghat was the key to their North-Eastern Extension line, it was impos sible to overrate its importance. The Thul Ghat incline was between nine and ten miles in length, and when it was considered that the permanent way materials required for a length of 600 miles of railway would have to pass up the incline, and the whole of the traffic from the interior would have to be brought down it, they could form some idea of the importance of its completion for traffic), But during the time of its construction, the fuel consumed by all the engines on this extension line had to be carried up those ghats in the ordinary way at great labour and ex pense, and they would perceive how greatly the completion of this incline would add to their success in conducting the traffic. The expense of cartage up the incline paid to con tractors amounted during the past half year to very nearly £lO,OOO, the whole of which would be saved on its opening for traffic, and that large amount would be an addition to their receipts. With regard to other portions of their line too works were not so forward. lie thought great credit was due to their engineerin g staff for the progress made with the works. 'With regard to their finances the account of receipts and expenditure would show how they stood. They would perceive in the revenue account that there had been an increase in the receipts of £OO,OOO, as compared with the correspanding period of the preceding year. This had arisen from the great increase in their goods and passen ger traffic, but satisfactory as that statement appeared, the icereasi in the receipts was nearly counterbalanced by the in crease in the working ex ; eases. The increase in the receipts was at the rate of ,C 122 per mile of railway, while the in crease of expenditure was about £l2O per mile, showing an actual net increase of between £2 or £3 per tulle only. That was not satisfactory. But this increase of expenditure in cluded £33,000 paid as compensation for cotton destroyed on the line by fires at the beginning of the year. Those losses had been entirely paid, and there were no claims now out standing. Latterly those fires had ceased, great care having been taken to prevent them. Considerable attention was de voted to pickin g . the cotton, and covering. the waggons with, tarpaulins; and also covered waggons would be used for the conveyance of cotton and other inflammable goods. He wds in hopes that those fires would not occur again to any serious extent. Another cause of increased expense must be attributed to the increased price of fuel. In the last half year 21,300 tons of coal were consumed in the loco motives, and for the corresponding half of 1863 only 13,000 tons, while the cost in the last half year was Gls per ton, and in the corresponding period of last year 39s Gd per ton. All the other items of expense were about the same as those for corresponding periods. They trusted that with the efforts of their new manager those expenses would be kept under for the future. The great accumulation of cotton prior to the monsoon did not occur this year, as he had no doubt the active and strenuous exertion of their manager in diminish ing the accumulations of cotton had caused a considerable increase of expense. The part of the line from Kussara to Callian presented great difficulties to goods trains being moved along it, owing to its being a single line, the proposi tion of doubling it ho hoped would be agreed to by the home Government. The Bombay Government were in favour of the measure, and he trusted that the evils of carrying the traffic over that portion of their single line would not long exist. The distance between these points was only 55 miles. Including the line, stations, works, and rolling stock now in operation, the cost averaged about £12,0D0 per mile. Tho net revenue derived from the portions of line open for traffic during the past half year amounted to £2 17s 5d per cent. per annum on the outlay; but the gross receipts were such that if they could keep down the working expenses to 50 per cent, of the receipts, the net profit would yield a dividend equal to £3 12s Id per cent. per annum, (Hear.) He thought the shareholders would admit that the traffic on the open portion of the line was sufficient to justify their most sanguine expectations. Their fares and rates were ex cessively low, and he had every reason to believe that in the course of a short period an alteration would be made in them so as to render the working of the railway more remunera tive. Since the last meeting the Government had proposed to extend the Nagpoor branch ten miles beyond the latter place, so as to make the terminal station at Kanty a mili tary cantonment. The shareholders would recollect that they had resolved that the capital of the company should be confined to the expenditure on the line to the Jubbulpore Junction in one direction, to Nagpore in the other, and to the junction with the Madras line. This was done that the shareholders should have as much as possible beyond 5 per cent. He thought a satisfactory arrangement might be made for keeping the cost of the proposed extension sepa rate. The Indian Government had employed a gentle man of great talent to investigate all the Indian rail ways, and his report on the state of their railway was very satisfactory. He had expressed himself highly satisfied at the way in which the railway had been managed, especially as to the way in which their accounts had been kept, and particularly the store accounts. He reported that their rail way was the best administered railway in India. After a most stringent inquiry into their affairs he thought the pro prietors had great reason to be satisfied with the result of that gentleman's investigation. Mr J. G. FRITH, deputy chairman, seconded the motion for the adoption of the report. Mr C. BELL said he thought the time had arrived for in creasing the fares on the railway. When the present tariff of 2 pice per mile was fixed 10 years ago for third class pas. sengers the pay of a labourer was 411 per day, but now it was is 6d ; the price of cotton was 4d per lb, but now it was is 8d per lb, while the rates for carrying it, taking all the risks, remained unaltered. The CHAIRMAN said the directors had brought the matter several times before the Government, and they wore now in negotiation on that very subject. The report was then adopted unanimously, and after some conversation, a resolution, on the motion of Mr BELL, was carried to the effect that in the opinion of the meeting the fares and rates for passengers and goods convoyed on the railway were inadequate, and that the time had arrived for their revision. A vote of thanks to the chairman and directors concluded the proceedings. -- GREAT NORTHERN. 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Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. l'reparca onty and sold by W. L AUBE trr, Chemist, 8, King-William-strect, Charing-- cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 131,c1., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular, and ask for Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam, The name and address are engraved cm the stamp. SOUTH DEVON. It appears that a requisition signed by more than 300 in fluential shareholders in this company is to be presented to the directors, for the purpose of inducing them to hold the next halt-yearly meeting at Exeter, instead of, as usual, at Plymouth, and all subsequently half-yearly meetings alter nately at Plymonth and Exeter, on the ground that three fourths of the shareholders live at Exeter, Bristol, London, and other plaees cast of Exeter, and only one-fourth of them in the neighbourhood of Plymouth• 71b extra. About two miles Mr B. Land's, jun., The Don, aged, lOst 101 b.. (Owner) 1 Mr G. Egerton's The Rogue, late the Orphan, aged, Sst 12Ib Mr Barter's Ironsides, 6 yrs, 13st (in, 71b extra) (T. Donaldson) 3 The following also ran :—Kingfisher, Orion, Princess, Telscombe, and Old Windsor. Betting-6 to 4 agst Telscombe-2 to 1 agst Princess -sto 1 agst The Rouge—S to 1 agst The Don. The Don, Rogue, and Princess went away in front, fol lowed by Telscombe and Kingfisher, to the second fence, which the latter refused. No particular change took place passing the Stand, where The Rogue was leading. Telscombe and Princess soon afterwards joined him, but he former fell r t the last fence but one, and Princess came to grief at the next, and The Don being left with the lead won very easily by five lengths ; Ironsides a bad third. J. Land, who fell, was much bruised and shaken, and Princess, who also fell, broke her leg and was afterwards destroyed. The Bromley Cup, value 20 guineas ; gentlemen riders. One mile and a half on the flat. Mr Beaumont's Queen Mary, 12st 51b (Owner) 1 Mr Henry's Lady Blanche, 12st 51b (Owner) 2 Mr Neville's Robin, 12st 51b (Owner) 3 The following also ran :—Pioneer and Keston Hind. Betting-7 to 4 agst Queen Mary, 2to 1 agst Lady Blanche, 5 to 2 agst Keston Hind. Queen Mary made all the running, and won cleverly by half a length ; four lengths between second and third. CHERTSEY STEEPLECHASES.—In consequence of the Warwick and Leamington Hunt Meeting being extended to the 24th of November, it has been found necessary to alter the fixtures of Chertsey Steeplechases to Friday, the 25th, and Saturday the 26th of November, in order to avoid clashing. HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR. ENGAGE- MENTS. On the 10th ult, at 1 pm, Donne Canne out of the Cesare- witch On the 10th ult, at 3 5 pm, Myrtle out of the Cesare- witch On the 24th ult, at 10 20 am, Golden Cross out of the Worcester Flying Stakes On the 28th ult, at 10 am, Skirter (dead) out of all en gagements On the 28th ult, at 10 pm, Donnybrook out of the Wor cester Handicap On the 29th ult, at 10 25 am, Tartar out of the Worcester Handicap On the 31st tilt, at 10 35 am, King of Utopia out of his Liverpool Autumn engagements On the 31st ult, at 9 am, Exchequer out of Shrewsbury engagements On the 31st ult, at 9 am, Mountain Flower, Canterbury, and Majoo out of their engagements, 1861 On the 31st ult, at 9 am, His Excellency out of all en gagements On the 31st ult, at 3 10 pm, Leonora out of the Worcester Handicap On the 31st ult, at 3 45 pm, Golden Pledge out of his en gagements On the 31st ult. at 3 35 pm, Le Papillon and Petit Oiseau out of all their engagements, 1861 On the 31st ult, at 5 30 pm, filly by De Clare out ofJetty Trcffz out of all her engagements, 1864 On the 31st ult, at 5 30 pm, The Doe out of all engage ments On the 31st ult, at 5 30 pm, Comet out of all the Wor cester Handicaps On the Ist last, at 9 am, Whiteleg filly and Chimney Sweep out of all their Shrewsbury engagements On the Ist inst, at 9 am, all Mr Cartwright's horses out of their Worcester engagements, 1861 On the Ist inst, at 9 am, Sweet Willie, Fitz-Avon, and Adventurer out of all their engagements On the Ist ins*, at 9 am, East Lancashire out of the New port GK. ld Cup, Shrewsbury On the Ist inst, at 6 pm, Magni= Bonum out of all en gagements On the 4th inst, at 9 am, Sweet Jessie out of her Liver pool and t.,hrewsbury engagements On the 4th inst, at 9 ato, Church Militant and Overton out of their Liverpeol engagements Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointments in the Civil Service. (From Ike Civil Service Gaz e tte.) FORF,IGN OFFICE—A vacancy at the Embassy, Constan tinople, has been caused by she death of Mr Philip Sarrel, one of the Dragomen—Mr Geo. Samuel Lennonnunt, Con sul at Penarnbuco, has been appointed CAisul at Rio de Jancirc—Mr B. Welbore Doyle, Consul at Carthigena, Colutubia, has been appoidted Uonsul at Pcrnambuco—Hr Albany Fonbl:lmpe, Legal Viec-Consul Chancellier and Registrar of the Consular Court in Egypt, has been ap pointed Consul at Carthagcua, Columbia—Mr Charles Li v ingstone has been appointed Consul at Fernando Po—Mr - Robert Bunch, Consul Ganeral in the - Island of Cuba, has been appointed her Majesty's Judge in the Mixed Court established at Havannah, under the treaty of June 28,1835, between Great Britain and Spain, for the abolition of the slave trade, in the room of Mr Josepher Tucker Crawford, deceased. HOME OFFlCE—Messrs H. Granger Earnshaw, William Hope Fortescue, and James Ball Lak eman have been ap pointed sub-inspectors of factories. WAR OFFICE—There is a vacancy in the Accountant General's branch of the War Office, caused by the death of Mr Reginald Dew. Mr A, Keen, of the ordnance establish ment, Woolwich, has been appointed Deputy Assistant Su perintendent of Stores at Chatham, vacant by the removal of Mr J, F. Edwards to Devonport, CUSTOMS—Mr George Cooper has been appointed an outdoor officer, London—Mr John P. Harding has been appointed an outdoor officer, London—Mr T. W. Whitford has been appointed an outdoor officer, London—Mr G. K. Jones has been appointed an outdoor officer, London—Mr W. Silling has been appointed an outdoor officer, Sunder land—Mr D. E. Griffith has been appointed an outdoor , offi cer, Newport—Mr W. R. Jones has been appointed an out door officer, Liverpool—Mr W. Maxwell has been appointed an outdoor officer, Arbroath—Mr G, Gollfinch has been appointed a boatman, Liverpool—Mr J. M'lntyre has been appointed a boatman, Greenock—Mr J. Trissell has been appointed a waterman, London—Mr J. 111‘Guinness has been appointed house porter, Dublin—Mr A. Morphy has been promoted from the 13th to the 12th clerkship, Customs, Dublin—Mr W. Hasler has been promoted from the 14th to the 13th clerkship, Customs, Dublin—Mr W. Corby has been promoted from the 15th to the 14th clerkship, Customs, Dublin—Mr J. R. Buckley has been promoted from the 16th to the 15th clerkship, Customs, Dublin— Mr J. Barry has been promoted from the 17th to the 16th clerkship, Customs, Dublin—Mr E. Murtagh has been pro moted from 18th to the 17th clerkship, Customs, Dublin — Mr John Maxwell has beon promoted from the 2d to the Ist class of out-door officers, Arbroath. Inland Revenue—Excise Branch—Mr Wm, Wells Page, surveying general examiner, 3rd class, has been appointed surveying general examiner, 2nd class—Mr Robert Micks, supervisor, Westport district, Sligo collection, has been ap pointed surveying general examiner, 3rd class—Mr William Morrison, supervisor, Edinburgh, 3rd district, Edinburgh collection, has been appointed supervisor of Edinburgh, sth district, Edinburgh collection—Mr Wm. Drar, supervisor, Edinburgh,2nd district, Edinburgh collection, has been ap pointed supervisor of Edinburgh, 3rd district Edinburgh collection—Mr John: Wilkinson, supervisor, Worcester, 2nd district,Worcester collection, has been appointed supervisor of Huddersfield district, Halifax collection—Mr S, Jones, examiner, has been appointed supervisor of Worcester, 2nd district, 'Worcester collection—Mr James S. Osmond, officer, Bury, Ist Division, Ipswich collection, has been ap pointed Officer of London West, Gth division, London, North collection—Mr Robert T. Brain, officer, Bury, 2d division, Ipswich collection, has been appointed Officer of Bury, Ist division, Ipswich collection—Mr H. E. Atkins, Officer of Norwich, sth division, Norwich collection, has been appointed Officer of Bury, 2d division, Ipswich col lection—Mr B. Farrar, officer, Hartlepool division, Sunder land collection, bas been appointed Officer of Norwich, sth division, Norwich collection—.Mr T. Dewy, officer, Market Harborough, Ist ride, Northampton collection, has been appointed Officer of Hartlepool division, Sunderland collec tion—Mr E. Hoar, dropped officer, Glasgow, 15th division, Glasgow collection, has been appointed Officer of Donne division, Stirling collection—Mr T. Sproat, officer, Hud dersfield, Ist ride, Halifax collection, has been appointed Officer of Weem ride, Perth collection—Mr John Boynton, first-class assistant, Campbelton, 19th division, Campbelton collection, has been appointed Officer of Huddersfield, Ist ride, Halifax collection—Mr John O'Loghlen, officer, Kilrush ride, Limerick collection, has been ap. pointed to officiate in London, South division, London, South collection—Mr Ed ward Allen, officer, Limerick ride, Limerick collection, has been appointed to Kilrush ride, Limerick collection—Mr P. Q. Shied, officer, Newbridgo ride, Cardiff collection, has been F ppointed officer of Limerick ride, Limerick collection—Mr Thomas South well, first-class assistant, Bathgate division, Linlithgow collection, has been appointed officer of Newbridge ride, Cardiff collection—Mr Vim. Brosnahan, officer, Lewes, Ist ride, Brighton collection, has been appointed dropped rule officer, London, South collection—Mr Edward Pughe, third clerk, Liverpool collection, has been appointed officer of Lewes, Ist ride, Brighton collection—Mr Thomas Lowry, officer, Drogheda ride, Drogheda collection, has been appointed dropped ride officer, London, South collec tion—Mr James King, officer, Clones, 2d ride, Drogheda collection, 438 bma appointed ()Meer of Drogheda ride, Drogheda collection. Mr. James Finn, first-class assistant, Cork, Gth division, Cork collection, has been appointed officer of Clones, 2d ride, Drogheda collection. Mr J. Hale, officer, Tenbury ride, Hereford collection, has been appointed drop ped ride officer, London, South, collection. MrW. H. Daw son, second clerk, Weymouth collection, has been appointed officer of Tenbury ride, Weymouth collection. Mr Hugh Norris, officer, Llanwrst riee, Carnarvoir collection, has been appointed to officiate in London, South division, Lon don, South eelleetion. Mr W. M`Gruer, officer, Weem ride, Perth collec,ion, has been appointed officer of Llanwrst ride Carnarvon collection. Mr C. Lyall, preventive man, Long Island preventive station, Long Island district, has been appointed to Crathio preveative, station,Ab2rdeen collection. Mr A. Carmichael, efLer, ‘Vadebridge, 2d ride, Truro col leetiort,has been appointed preventivo man, Longlsland pre ventive station,Locg Island district. Mr J.F.Stevens,officer, lthayader ride, Welshpool collection, has been appointed officer of Llanidloes side, We:hpool collection. Mr Wil liam E. Girton, first-class assistant, Carnpbelton, 3d divi sion, Campbelton collection, has been appointed officer of Ithayader ride, Welshpool collection. Mr Edward Dowl ing Stanley, dropped firsiLelass assistant, Aberdeen collec tion, has been appointed officer of Wadebridgo, 2d ride, Truro collection. NEWPORT DOCK. The half.yearly meeting was held on Thursday at the offices, Newport, Mr llomfray in the chair. The report stated that there had been an increase in re ceipts amounting to £4,373, as compared with the corre sponding half year, In anticipation of a large increase in the coal shipments additional engine power had been pro vided at the coal staiths. The capital account showed that £331,120 had been received, and £339,916 expended, leaving a balance against the company of £3,796. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, congratulated the shareholders on the improved position of the undertaking. Mr CARTWRIGHT seconded the motion, and showed that the undertaking had not heetha profitable one for the pro. prietary. He deprecated the idea which prevailed in some quarters of constructing new docks, and maintained that the existing docks would meet the requirements of the port for years to come. Mr BATCHELOR remarked that the Monmouthshire direc tors seemed to be of a diff4rent opinion, as they had agreed to subscribe to the new docks. The report was then adopted, and a dividend of £3 per share was declared on the I,t preference shares, being the whole amount of dividend due to the 30th of June last, and the balance amounting to £539 was carried forward to the next account. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week. Miles Opened. Receipts. Railways. 1864. 1863. 1864. 1863. 2,102 2.053 735 662 2022 1,769 6,451 6, 131 19.366 16,9C6 1,611 1,565 350 341 372 334 145 134 401 354 1,525 1.530 315 253 1,435 1.453 1,706 1,839 309 105 2,101 2,119 3,016 2,613 9,138 8,851 35,311 32,992 36,637 31.898 1,41)1 1.6_0 523 515 7,591 8.111 65,107 60,94 79 Belfast and N. Counties ..... • 136 136 Belfast and County Down •• •• 49 49 9 Blyth and Tyne ............. . 28 28 Bristol and Exeter 1214 1211 Caledonian 2621 2621 Cambrian 9l 81 Cockermouth & Workington • • 81 81 Cork and Bandon Cork, Blackrock, & raSSage 6/ 6% Cork and Youghal .... 32% 32% Cornwall 651 651 Deeside. > 17 17 Dublin ..Sr Bell astJunction..• • 63 63 Dublin and Drogheda Dublin and Meath Dub. & Wicklow and Wextd 9ll 54 Furness, Ste ..... . Glasgow & South-Western . • 198 198 Gt. Eastern,Nrfk.,.&E.Union Great Northern ....... .. Great North of Scotland (.1 f. Northn. & Wes tn. (Irel.) 7ll 711 rilt.Soutlin. & Westn.(lrind.). • 387 573% Great Western - 1169 Hull and llornsea Inverness & Aberdeen Juno lO6l 1661 Inverness & Perth Junction 1191 191 Irish North-Western 145 115 Kent Coast Lancashire & Yorkshire 403 401 Limerick and Ennis 241 241 Limerick and Foynes Llauelly Llyuvi Valley London & North-Western . • London and Blackwall London & South-Western . • Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast London, Chatham, & Dover 721 124 Do. Metropolitan Extension 114 104 Man.,Shetlield, & Lincolnsh blanch. S.Jun.&Altrincham 9% 91 Maryport and Carlisle Metropolitan Midland (incl. N.-Western) 6511 611 , Midland GLWestn. of Irind 262 2 59 2 Monkland 714 7 1 1 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 4l 44 North British, Edin., Perth and Dundee .... 1,593 1,492 1,828 1,312 1,743 1,588 820 400 33,8( 8 33,668 180 170 130 146 7 3 567 490 831 101,413 99,336 1,777 1,760 20,870 20,557 18,4,8 18,180 5,916 5,908 1,350 4,22) 17,476 16 519 1,302 1,122 1,534 1,505 2,305 1,8.8 47,763 44,48 4,504 4,470 • 1,6 0 1,628 2,730 2015 N-Eastern and Stock. & Dart 101 57 1093 North London 9 9 North Staffordshire 251 252 Ithymney lOl 194 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern l3B 1.8 . Somerset and Dorset fl6 South Devon South-Eastern 3OB 304 "Pall" Vale 57 E 7 21,051 20,710 59,371 56,3!)3 2,998 3,1 4 8,861 8,600 1,0 1,;;10 6,001 5,389 5,1)15 4,8, 5 881 6,9 :3.7,16 3, ,55 22,39 20.762 6,; 37 5,837 2,619 ?.,!81 172 ;58 2,993 2.307 276 317 1,781 1,7u0 868 73 4.62 4.6:1 679 673 06.1 1,0 8 53 8 0 - -- . Ulster los} 1051 Vale 'of Clwyd. Vale of Neath 431 43} Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 Waterford and Limerick 77 77 West Cornwall 274 274 W.llaztlepool Harbr.&ltail 524 524 W'haven,Cleator,& Egrmnt lO 10 Whitehaven Junction l3 13 Widtehaven & Furness J un— FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Austrian B2B 828 Bahia and San Francisco Belgian Eastern J unction— 264 244 Bombay, Banda, & Cen. India 1854 1854 Detroit and Milwaukie lB9 185 Dutch Rhenish lOB2 1082 Eastern Bengal Eastern of prance East Indian Grand Trunk of Canada 1335 1335 Great Central of Belgium 220 220 Great Indian Peninsula 553 5384 Great Luxembourg 134 134 Great Southern of India Great Western of Canada 345 3!5 Madras .. .... 531 447 Madrid, Saragossa &Ali , cant.. 650 650 Northern of Canada .......... 9 4 9/ Northern of France.......... 697 6 97 Norwegian Trunk .......... 44 44 Ottoman •. • 4Bf 484 Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn lBO5 1713 Paris and Orleans ........... Pernambuco 774 774 Scinde les 105 South Austrian • ...... 1527 148 4 ... S ou thern of France .. 770 680 Victoria Welland 25 25 West Flanders West &N- %Vesta of France O3O 960 15,`:55 31,251 338 318 406 1,235 1,762 6,716 5,34 s 6,'.80 1,878 2,032 1,476- 67,519 61,688 2,1,918 13,876 24,675 23,334 6,3:6 5,724 9,714 5,277 4,913 4,439 5.0 500 12,418 13,337 6,403 4.;01 18,453 19,205 1,461 1,848 61,076 58,;17 9;0 912 155,736 154,476 71,423 69,169 542 485 3,380 1,683 26,916 18,440 7,299 7.772 343 579 1,150 ' 1/77 52,996 ;46,385 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, i3ItOMLEY FLAT RACES AND SPEEPLE CHASES—FRIDAY. The second day of the meeting was not as well favoured by the weather as the opening day, the dense fog which en veloped the metropolis during the morning no doubt deter ring many intending visitors from being present; but alto.. gether the meeting was a success, and the strength of some of the fields (more particularly yesterday) was rather sur prising, considering that it is entirely a new fixture. The Bickley Stakes was won by Lady Warwick; the favourite got badly off, never being prominent. The Kent Steeple chase resulted in favour of Ballycasey, the favourite, by 10 lengths. The Don won both the succeeding steeplechases. The favourite, Telscombe, when running well in the Steeplechase Plate, fell and threw Johnny Land so heavily that it was at first thought he must be seriously injured— but we are happy to say that, although stunned and shaken he had no bones broken. The Bromley Cup fell to Queen Mary, which closed the sport, full particulars of which will be found below. The Bickley Stakes (Handicap) of 3 sovs each, with 20 added, for all ages ; the winner to be sold for 40 sovs, About 5 fur. Mr Wales's Lady Warwick, 3 yrs, Bst 121 b.. (J. Smith) 1 Mr Shrimpton's Diploma, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Carroll) 2 Mr Burbidge's Chicot the Jester, S yrs, Bst 71b (R. Forster) 3 The following also ran ! — Mysterious Lady, Tragedy, Magic, and Lady Wilson filly. Betting—Even on Magic, 3 to 1 agst Lady Warwick, 5 to 1 agst Diploma. Lady Warwick, Diploma, and Chicot the Jester made play, the favourite laying last, late the straight, and Lady Warwick maintaining her advantage,won by two lengths ; a neck divided the second and third; Magic and Tragedy were last. . The winner was bought in for 41 guineas. Thr Kent Open Handicap Steeplechase of 5 soya each, 2 ft, with 60 added ; winners extra. About three miles. Mr J. Rear's Ballycasey, aged, lOst 121 b (J. Land) 1 b .7to 2 a ga t L ev ity, 4t o 1 Mr Nugent's Sir Bobby , a g ed, l lat (Mr Barry) 2 Mr J. Reeve's Fitz Ruy ter, 4 y rs, l Ost ...(Brazier) 3 Major Ainslie's Miss Art hur, a ged , lOst 101 b (B. Land) 4 Levity and Orion also ra n . Betting -6 agsta t t i Orion,n g— 6 S t o to 4 a l gatigtatSir Boby. Ballycasey, Orion made the running, followed by Miss Arthur and Fitz Ruyter, the latter of whom took the lead over the first leap, which Orion refaced, and was stopped. Paasirg the Stand Ballycasey had a slight lead of the other four, who were in a line. Going round the turn Fitz Ruyter took the command, but was soon deprived of it by Miss Arthur, and the lot ran in a cluster. Passing the Stand the second time, and at the second leap from home, Ballycasey took up the running, was never afterwards headed, aftd won, hard held, by two lengths—Fitz Ruyter was a bad third— and Miss Arthur last. Levity broke down three-quarters of a mile from home. A Selling Handicap Steeplechase of 3 sous each, with 25 soya added. About two miles. Mr B. Land, jun.'s, The Don, 12st 41b (B. Land) 1 Mr Rayne's Remunerator, 12st (Mr Grant) 2 Mr G. Hill's Gin Sling, 12st (T. Barton) 3 Stays also ran. Betting-6 to 4 agst The Don-2 to 1 agat Stays-5 to 1 agst Remunerator. Stays made the running until reaohing the first leap the second time round, where she fell ; the lead was then taken by 'the Don, who carried on the running into the straight, where Remunerator challenged; but, never getting up, was The Awful Catastrophe at Calcutta. DESTRUCTION OF ENGLISH SHIPS.-APPRE HENDED IMMENSE LOSS OF LIFE.-7.7:, Owing to the Overland India mail bringing the original telegrams of the fearful cyclone at Calcutta not being due till next Tuesday, great anxiety pre vails among the shipowners, merchants, and under writers, not only in London, but Liverpool, Mans chester, and Glasgow, to ascertain the extent of losses sustained to the English shipping during that terrible visitation. It is computed that the value of the English vessels lying in the river Hoogly at the time of the outbreak of the storm was between two and three millions sterling, the largest portion of which is owned by merchants at Liverpool and Manchester, There was a special meeting yesterday of the com mittee of Lloyd's Salvage Association, which was also attended by numerous merchants and underwriters, when it was urged to despatch without delay special agents to Calcutta, in order to protect the interests of all parties concerned in the losses, several mer• chants expressing their conviction that the calamity would be found to be far greater than at present imagined in London. Special agents representing the London and Liverpool owners and underwriters will leave by the next mail. The mail on Tuesday, however, will not furnish much additional intelligence to what has already gone forth to the public. It was telegraphed from Calcutta to Bombay up to about the 10th October, when the steamer started for Suez, therefore the details of the hurricane will not come to hand until the succeeding mail from Calcutta ; and as the Nemesis (s), which was put on for this mail, ap pears among the disabled ships in the disaster, it will doubtless be considerably delayed. Some doubt have been expressed as to the authen. ticity df the reports in the Paris papers that up wards of 12,000 lives had been sacrificed by the in undation of the villages along the banks of the Hoogly. This, however, is believed to be too true. Calcutta merchants in the city express that opinion, and, indeed, assert that when the accounts arrive the losses will be found to be frightful. Some 25 years since Calcutta was visited by a similar cala• mity, when upwards of 36,000 natives lost their lives by the inundation of their villages, The banks of the Hoogly wero washed away, and the bore. wave carried the ships into the interior of the paddy fields. Such is supposed to be the case in the pre sent instance. The telegrams containing the lid of losses and disasters to the shipping were full of inaccuracies in the spelling of the names of the ships, but by re ference to the latest advices from Calcutta of the shipping in that port, a more perfect list has been collected, of which the subjoined is a copy. EMI'S REPORTED TO I3E TOTALLY LOST. Tho ship - Great Tasmania, 2,500 tons, belonging to Li verpool, The ship Lew Chew, 860 tons, Captain Sinclair, from The Baron Renfrew, I,IOJ tons, Ceptain Bees, from Li- The ships Vespasian, Singapore, Thunder (opium ship), Franklin, Govindpore, Ally, Nimrod, Azgeniea, and A. J, Kerr. _ _ The Glasgow ship Sir W, Eyre, 1,316 tons, owned by Messrs Law and Co. The Dingo, 1,020 tons, belonging to Messrs Collut, of Liverpool. The Solway, 800 tons, and 12 large steam togs. Six other large vessels, all in country (India) trade, are included in the list of totally lost, to which are also to be added the wrecks of three large fine steamers, each 1,000 tons burden, belonging to the British India Steampacket Company, trading between Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay , and in one instance, that of the Persia, all on board perished. LIST Or SHIPS ASHORE, DAMAGED, &3. The Anne Royden, 1,175 tons, belonging to Liverpool. The ship Hanover, 1,046 tons, owned by Mr. Marshall, Fenchurch-strot, London. The Newcastle, 1,137 tons, belonging to Messrs Green and Co., of Blackwell. The Red Rose, 1,455 tons, owned by Messrs Curtis and Co., London. She was last from Melbourne. The King Arthur (iron) 1,245 tons, belonging to Messrs Capperd and Co., London. The Southampton, 909 tons, owned by Messrs Bremner and Co., London. The Pride of Canada, 906 tons, belonging to Messrs Taylor and Co., London. The Mauritius (iron s s), 2,400 tons, owned by the General Steam and Shipping Company. The Carribean, 800 tons, belonging to Messrs Taylor and Co., London. The City of Paris, 990 tons, belonging to Messrs Smith and Co., Glasgow. The Victoria Bridge, 1,201 tons, from Liverpool. The Winchester, 1,157 tons, belonging to Messrs Mare shall, of London. The Bengal (s), 2,000 tons, owned by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. The Lady Palmerston, 1,247 tons, from Liverpool. The Mooresfoot, 1,189 tons, belonging to Messrs Moore and Co., Liverpool. The Mirzapore, 778 tons, Captain Pitson, owned by Mr Scott, of London. She was last from Bombay. The Southern Cross, 650 tons, belonging to Messrs Simp son, of London. The Broughton Hall, 1,193 tons (iron), owned by Messrs Sinclair, of London. The Indian, 1,291 tons. The Agra, 900 tons, belonging to Messrs Ratlibourno and Co., of Liverpool. The Chevy Chase, 687 tons, owned by Messrs Blythe and Co., of Liverpool. The Lincolnshire, 1,024 tons, belonging to Messrs Wilson and Co., Liverpool. The Manilla, 1,147 tons (iron), owned by Messrs Phillips and Co., Liverpool.; The Merrie England, 1,042 tons, belonging to Messr s Beazley and Co., Liverpool. The Monmouthshire, 1,153 tons, owned by Messrs Bolt and Co., Liverpool. The John Chism, 88Q tons, belonging to Messrs Chism and Co., Liverpool. The Astronomer, 1,119 tons (iron), owned by Messrs Harrison and Co., of Liverpool. Was last from Bombay. The Beaumaris Castle, 1,140 tons, belonging to Messrs Somes and Co., of Blackwall. The Royal Alexandria, 1,040 tons. owned by Messrs Browning and Co., of Glasgow. The Waterloo, 1,253 tons, belonging to Messrs Leon and Co., Liverpool. The Aladdin, 840 tons, Captain Ermal, from Bombay. The (ship) Wide Awake, 806 tons, Captain Smith, from Hong Kong. The (ship) the City of Lahore, 1,500 tons, Captain Top ping, from Glasgow. The Botanist, 1,121 tons, from London, belonging to Messrs Harrison, of Lip erpool. Tho Western Star, 1,400 tons , e n g a ged in the India trade, belonging to Liverpool. The Romaine, 1,700 tons, Captain Criek e h aw , f rom Bombay. The Collicgwood, 1,2 00 tons, Capt. Nunn, from Madras. The Sir John Lawrence, of Liverpool. The Martaban, 827 tons, of Liverpool. The Salsette, Captain Dawson, of Liverpool. The Nimrod, 883 tons, belonging to ,Liverpool, a total wreck. To be added to the abovo there aro no less than 64 large ships reported to be either ashore or damaged by collision after driving away from their anchors—but as some doubt exists as to Cleir identification as given by telegram, it would be useless to give them at present. The Peninsular and Oriential Steam Navigation Com pany had only two of their steamers at Calcutta at the time, and the satlaed like the rest of the shipping. it is Yesterday the 70. pounders entered upon their second stage of trial at Portsmouth with direct shell firing at the Alfred target ship to test percussion fuses against a wooden ship. The Alfred is an old armour-plate target ship, with her broken armour removed from her sides, and then ph , nked over ex ternally, arhe her ports filed in with 4'n. fir !leak leg. She lay moored in Porchester Creek, with her port broadside presented to the Stork gunboat, which was moored 700 yards distant, with the three 70-pounders on her deck, mounted on pivoted slide carriages. The special committee, with Captain A. C. Ray, C. 8., took up their quarters on board the Erebus floating battery, which was lying at the bend of Porchester Creek, and about 400 yards distant from the Alfred, the latter vessel being stem on to the view of the committee from the deck of the Erebus, and thus affording a capital position ou the battery's deck tosview the effscts of the shells as they were fired at the target ship. The White worth shells contained a bursting charge of 21b., and were fired with a 101 b. charge. The Arm.. strong shunt gun shell contained a bursting charge 41,1 b., and was also fired evith a 101 b. charge: The Armstrong wedge gun shell contained a bursting charge of 411 b. and was fired with a 91b. charge. The first shell was fired from the shunt gun, went over the ship without exploding, and was afters wards brought back by a fisherman, who had recovered. it in a field on the north shore of the harbour, about 4,000 yards from where it was fired from. The second shell was from the Whitworth gun and also went over the ship. The third, from the wedge gun, burst in the ship. The fourth, from the Whitworth, burst in the ship. The fifth from the shunt, burst prematurely between the gun and the ship, and the sixth from the same gun did the same. The seventh, from the shunt, went over the ship, its first graze being about 400 yards beyond the target ship. The eighth, ninth, and tenth shells, all from the shunt, all burst close to the muzzle or in the gun. Nos. 1, 12, 13, 14, and 15 were fired from the Whitworth gun, and all burst in the ship. Nos. 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20 were fired from the wedge gun, and all burst in the ship. A visit to the ship at this stage of the proceedings disclosed the fact to the committee,that the damage inflicted upon the interior of the ship by the respect' five shells might be approximately proportioned according to the amount of their bursting charge, but it was impossible to draw any very exact and reliable comparisons. The decks of the ships were covered with splinters, sufficient in quantity to have wounded or killed every man who might have been stationed upon them had the ship been in action, but the ship was nowhere on fire, nor was she, as yet, at all seriously damaged externally. The firing was resumed with the 24th shell from the shunt gun, which burst on the off gun whale of the ship and inside. Four more followed from the same gun, three of which burst in the ship and one burst on gassing through the ship. The Whit worth gun next took up the firing with five shells, making the total number up to 30. Four of these burst in the ship, but one (No. 29) went over and burst some 300 yards beyond. The wedge gun followed with six shells, making the total number fired at the ship for the day 36. Four of these burst inside the ship; one burst on striking and ono passed through the ship and buried itself in the mud in the distance without bursting. This coucludtd the firiag. At to the general results they may be very briefly sumnisd up in the words before made use of—thu damage mt.y bo fairly apportioned to each shell according to its bursting charge. Beams were split up and broken and hurled over the target ship's deck with ugly jagged pieces of the broken shells, strips of planking, and cartloads of wooden splinters, but the ship was net set fire to. Se far for the inside of the ship. With regard to her outside, a neatly cut hole plainly told where the shell had entered the ship, but the damage, with one exception, did not extend beyond the Tot struck. The exception referred to is a most re• markeble one, and will afford most valuable data for the guidance of the Lords of the Admiralty in their intended application of chain cable armour to the broadsides of our wooden ships in the wake of their engines and boilers. The shell broke the cable clean in two, and exploding by the fcrce of impact and resistance to its flight drove in the ship's planking and timber, doing more damage in fact to the ship's side externally than all the other shells put together. Here was clear proof that the sure means to insure damage to a wooden ship's side from rifled shell was simply to hang chain cables over her side for so-called protection. The chain thus struck was one of three cables with which the ship was slung vertically, as is usual with all target vessels, The premature bursting of the shell from the shunt gun is something remarkable, the wedge gun being fired with the same description of fuse, It has been said that this bursting of shells prema- ,urely from this gun is entirely owing to the nip the shell is believed to receive just as it leaves the muzzle of the gun, but this we believe to be an error, and the bursting of the shunt shells yester. day can only be ascribed to some fault in the fuse, which may perhaps before the next day's firing with shell be discovered and remedied. It is also just to say that the fuses themselves were experi' mental. No misfires occurred with the Whitworth gun yesterday, the additional precaution having been taken to prick each cartridge before firing. -Yesterday was only the first stage of the direct shell firing, and it will be resumed probably on Tuesday next, and brought to a conclusion with shells fired en ricochet. On Monday next the 70d pounders will be tried outside Portsmouth harbour on the present private slides in independent and quick firing. Gen. Todleben, who had previously been taken over the various points of interest in Portsmouth Dockyard, paid a short visit to the Stork gunboat during the time the firing was going on, accom panied by Major-Gen. Lord William Paulet, C. 8., and Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, G.C.B. The Wreck of the Oliva, OFFICIAL REPORT. The following is the report of the court of inquiry, held at Colombo, relative to the wreck of the ship Oliva District Court, Colombo, August, 1864. TO THE BOARD OF TRADE, LONDON. . We have the honour to report that, at an investigation into the causes of the wreck of the ship Oliva, at the in stance of the Receiver of Wrecks, held on the 18th and 231 inst., after hearing seven witnesses called by the said Re. ceiver of Wrecks, we found-Ist. As to John Barr, Master of the said ship, that the accusation of intoxication made against him has not been substantiated, and accordingly returned him his certificate. 2d. As to Robert Barr, mato of the said ship, we found that her loss was caused by hie gross ignorance, carelessness, and inattention ; but inas much as his certificate was that of second mate only, and not of chief mate, we felt compelled to run him such certi cate, and did so accordingly, 3d. We cannot close this report without censuring the captain for having proceeded to sea in such a state of health as prevented him taking personal command of the vessel, without having on board a competent officer. The wreck lies about three miles to the north of the port. JOIIN Frr.rv, Judge. JAMES DONNAN, Master Attendant Assessor. ACCIDENTS IN TIIE FLEET.— Several accidents occurred in the Fleet during the inspection by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty lately at Malta. We have already noticed the deaths of two seamen on board the Gibraltar, by falling from aloft.:,The ono said to have taken place on board the Revenge occurred on board the Royal Oak, by falling down the hold. Two others, one with fatal result, happened to seamen onboard the Marlborough, the other loan having e4caped with a. broken log.—Ara /to pct, :7,